EXHIBIT 4(c)
FIXED RATE GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
REGISTERED FACE AMOUNT
No. FX CUSIP No. $
J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INTEREST RATE: STATED MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: PERCENTAGE REDUCTION:
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATE(S):
DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[ ] 30/360 FOR THE PERIOD FROM TO
[ ] OTHER
ADDENDUM ATTACHED: ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT:
[ ] Yes [ ] Yes
[ ] No [ ] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
OTHER PROVISIONS:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of
determining the voting rights of the Holder of this Note in respect of
amendments to the Indenture and modifications and the waiver of rights
thereunder, the principal amount of this Note shall be deemed to be equal to its
Face Amount.
J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC., an Arkansas corporation ("Issuer"
or the "Company," which terms include any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal (the word "principal" and
certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in this Note) on the Stated
Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent redeemed or repaid prior to
the Stated Maturity Date), and to pay interest on the Face Amount hereof at the
Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or
duly made available for payment. Reference herein to "this Note", "hereof",
"herein" and comparable terms shall include an Addendum hereto if an Addendum is
specified above.
The Company will pay interest on each Interest Payment Date specified
above, commencing on the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding the
Original Issue Date specified above, and on the Stated Maturity Date or any
Redemption Date or Optional Repayment Date (as defined below) (the date of each
such Stated Maturity Date, Redemption Date and Optional Repayment Date and the
date on which principal or an installment of principal is due and payable by
declaration of acceleration pursuant to the Indenture being referred to
hereinafter as a "Maturity" with respect to principal payable on such date);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Original Issue Date is between a Record Date (as
defined below) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments
will commence on the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the Original Issue
Date. Except as provided above, interest payments will be made on the Interest
Payment Dates shown above. Unless otherwise specified above, the "Record Date"
shall be the date 15 calendar days (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note will accrue from and
including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Original Issue
Date specified above, to, but excluding such Interest Payment Date. If the
Maturity or an Interest Payment Date falls on a day which is not a Business Day
as defined below, the payment due on such Maturity or Interest Payment Date will
be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on such Maturity or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be, and no
interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after
such Maturity or Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable and punctually
paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will as provided in the
Indenture be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record
Date for such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but not
punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
"Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered
Holder on such Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name
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this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this
Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at
the Office or Agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purpose,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that AT THE OPTION OF
THE COMPANY, the Holder of this Note may be entitled to receive payments of
principal of and interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available
funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the
Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or
on behalf of The First National Bank of Chicago, the successor Trustee for this
Note under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature
of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities (hereinafter
called the "Securities") of the Company designated as its Medium-Term Notes (the
"Notes"). The Notes are issued and to be issued under a [Senior] [Subordinated]
Indenture dated as of July 1, 1993 (herein called the "Indenture") between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as successor Trustee, to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee (as
defined below) and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes
are to be authenticated and delivered. The First National Bank of Chicago shall
act as Trustee with respect to the Notes (herein called the "Trustee", which
term includes any successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, under the
Indenture). The terms of individual Notes may vary with respect to interest
rates or interest rate formulas, issue dates, maturity, redemption, repayment,
currency of payment and otherwise.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Notes will be issued
in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") or its nominee. The Notes will not be issued in definitive form,
except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of the Notes shall
be maintained in book entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of
participating organizations of the Depositary.
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This Note is not subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided above in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs, is
not redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
If so provided above, this Note may be redeemed by the Company on any
date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified above. If no
Initial Redemption Date is set forth above, this Note may not be redeemed prior
to the Stated Maturity Date. On and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any,
this Note may be redeemed at any time in whole or from time to time in part in
increments of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal hereof shall be at
least $1,000) at the option of the Company at the applicable Redemption Price
(as defined below), together with accrued interest hereon at the applicable rate
payable to the date of redemption (each such date, a "Redemption Date"), on
written notice given not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the
Redemption Date. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new
Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the surrender hereof.
Unless otherwise specified above, the "Redemption Price" shall
initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage, specified above, of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date, shown above, by the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof, of the
principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such
principal amount.
This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the Holder on
any Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, indicated above. If no Optional
Repayment Date(s) are set forth above, this Note may not be so repaid at the
option of the Holder hereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date. On any Optional
Repayment Date, this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in increments
of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal hereof shall be at least
$1,000) at the option of the Holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of
the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest thereon payable to the
date of repayment. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part at the option
of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received, with the form entitled "Option
to Elect Repayment" below duly completed, by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, or such address which the Company shall from time to time notify the
Holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the
related Optional Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder
hereof shall be irrevocable.
Interest payments on this Note shall include interest accrued from, and
including, the Original Issue Date indicated above, or the most recent date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to, but excluding, the
related Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be. Interest payments
for this Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months if the
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Day Count Convention specified above is "30/360" for the period specified
thereunder, on the basis of the actual number of days in the related month and a
360-day year if the Day Count Convention specified above is "Actual/360" for the
period specified thereunder or on the basis of the actual number of days in the
related year and month if the Day Count Convention specified above is
"Actual/Actual" for the period specified thereunder.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or
Sunday or any other day on which banks in The City of New York are generally
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Any provision contained herein with respect to the calculation of the
rate of interest applicable to this Note, its payment dates or any other matter
relating hereto may be modified as specified in an Addendum relating hereto if
so specified above.
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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected thereby at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance
by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or by its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its corporate
seal to be imprinted hereon.
[FACSIMILE OF SEAL] J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Attest:
By:___________________________________
Name:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities
of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
as Trustee
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By:______________________________ Dated:__________________________
Authorized Officer
OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to the principal amount hereof together with interest to
the repayment date, to the undersigned, at ____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its Corporate
Trust Office, or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from
time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor less than 30
days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face of this
Note, this Note with this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of $1,000) which the
Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the Notes to be
issued to the Holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the
absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion
not being repaid).
$_________________________ NOTICE: The signature on this Option to Elect
Date______________________ Repayment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of this Note in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
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ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
(insert Taxpayer Identification No.) __________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee) _____________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ____________________________________________________________________
attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:____________________ _______________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must
correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within
instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever.
Signature guaranteed:
____________________________________ _____________________________________
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the Securities
Transfer Agent Medallion Program.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM -- as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -- . . . . . . . Custodian . . . . . . .
(Cust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(State)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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FLOATING RATE GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its
agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
REGISTERED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No. BFLR CUSIP No. $
J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
INTEREST RATE BASIS: ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: STATED MATURITY DATE:
INDEX MATURITY: INITIAL INTEREST RATE: INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD:
SPREAD: INITIAL INTEREST INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
RESET DATE:
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: INTEREST RATE INTEREST RESET DATES:
RESET PERIOD:
MAXIMUM INTEREST MINIMUM INTEREST INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
RATE: RATE:
INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION OPTIONAL REPAYMENT
PERCENTAGE: PERCENTAGE DATE(S):
REDUCTION:
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CALCULATION AGENT: IF INTEREST RATE BASIS IS LIBOR:
INDEX CURRENCY:
DESIGNATED LIBOR PAGE:
[ ] Reuters Page:
[ ] Telerate Page:
INTEREST CALCULATION: DAY COUNT CONVENTION
[ ] Regular Floating Rate Note [ ] Actual/360 for the period
[ ] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate from to
Fixed Rate Commencement Date: [ ] Actual/Actual for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: from to
[ ] Inverse Floating Rate Note [ ] 30/360 for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: from to
[ ] Other Floating Rate Note
(See Addendum Attached)
ADDENDUM ATTACHED: ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
[ ] Yes [ ] Yes
[ ] No [ ] No
Total Amount of OID:
Yield to Maturity:
Initial Accrual Period:
OTHER PROVISIONS:
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J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC., an Arkansas corporation ("Issuer"
or the "Company", which terms include any successor corporation under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
DOLLARS on the Stated Maturity Date specified above (except to the extent
redeemed or repaid prior to the Stated Maturity Date), and to pay interest
thereon, at a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above
until the Initial Interest Reset Date specified above and thereafter at a rate
per annum determined in accordance with the provisions hereof and any Addendum
relating hereto depending upon the Interest Rate Basis or Bases, if any, and
such other terms specified above, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
made available for payment. Reference herein to "this Note", "hereof", "herein"
and comparable terms shall include an Addendum hereto if an Addendum is
specified above.
The Company will pay interest monthly, quarterly, semi-annually,
annually or such other period as specified above under "Interest Payment
Period", on each Interest Payment Date specified above, commencing on the first
Interest Payment Date specified above next succeeding the Original Issue Date
specified above, and on the Stated Maturity Date or any Redemption Date or
Optional Repayment Date (as defined below) (the date of each such Stated
Maturity Date, Redemption Date and Optional Repayment Date and the date on which
principal or an installment of principal is due and payable by declaration of
acceleration pursuant to the Indenture being referred to hereinafter as a
"Maturity" with respect to principal payable on such date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that if the Original Issue Date is between a Record Date (as defined below) and
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments will commence on
the second Interest Payment Date succeeding the Original Issue Date; and
PROVIDED FURTHER, that if an Interest Payment Date (other than an Interest
Payment Date at Maturity) would fall on a day that is not a Business Day (as
defined below), such Interest Payment Date shall be the following day that is a
Business Day, except that in the case the Interest Rate Basis is LIBOR, as
indicated above, if such next Business Day falls in the next calendar month,
such Interest Payment Date shall be the next preceding day that is a Business
Day. Except as provided above, interest payments will be made on the Interest
Payment Dates shown above. Unless otherwise specified above, the "Record Date"
shall be the date 15 calendar days (whether or not a Business Day) prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note will accrue from and
including the Original Issue Date specified above, at the rates determined from
time to time as specified herein, until the principal hereof has been paid or
made available for payment. If the Maturity falls on a day which is not a
Business Day as defined below, the payment due on such Maturity will be paid on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on
such Maturity and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the
period from and after such Maturity. The interest so payable and punctually paid
or duly provided for on any
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Interest Payment Date will as provided in the Indenture be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest which is payable, but not punctually paid or duly provided for on
any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered Holder on such Record Date, and may be
paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner,
all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at
the Office or Agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purpose,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that AT THE OPTION OF
THE COMPANY, the Holder of this Note may be entitled to receive payments of
principal of and interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available
funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received by the
Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or
on behalf of The First National Bank of Chicago, the successor Trustee with
respect to the Notes under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the
manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities (hereinafter
called the "Securities") of the Company designated as its Medium-Term Notes (the
"Notes"). The Notes are issued and to be issued under a [Senior][Subordinated]
Indenture dated as of July 1, 1993 (herein called the "Indenture") between the
Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as successor Trustee, to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee (as
defined below) and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes
are to be authenticated and delivered. The First National Bank of Chicago shall
act as Trustee with respect to the Notes (herein called the "Trustee", which
term includes any successor Trustee with respect to the Notes under the
Indenture). The terms of individual Notes may vary with respect to interest
rates or interest rate formulas, issue dates, maturity, redemption, repayment,
currency of payment and otherwise.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Notes will be issued
in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") or its nominee. The Notes will not be issued in definitive form,
except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of the Notes shall
be maintained in book entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of
participating organizations of the Depositary.
This Note is not subject to any sinking fund and, unless otherwise
provided above in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs, is
not redeemable or repayable prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
If so provided above, this Note may be redeemed by the Company on any
date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified above. If no
Initial Redemption Date is set forth above, this Note may not be redeemed prior
to the Stated Maturity Date. On and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any,
this Note may be redeemed at any time in whole or from time to time in part in
increments of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal hereof shall be at
least $1,000) at the option of the Company at the applicable Redemption Price
(as defined below) together with accrued interest hereon at the applicable rate
payable to the date of redemption (each such date, a "Redemption Date"), on
written notice given not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the
Redemption Date. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new
Note for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the surrender hereof.
Unless otherwise specified above, the "Redemption Price" shall
initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage, specified above, of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date, shown above, by the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof, of the
principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such
principal amount.
This Note may be subject to repayment at the option of the Holder on
any Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, indicated above. If no Optional
Repayment Date(s) are set forth above, this Note may not be so repaid at the
option of the Holder hereof prior to the Stated Maturity Date. On any Optional
Repayment Date, this Note shall be repayable in whole or in part in increments
of $1,000 (provided that any remaining principal hereof shall be at least
$1,000) at the option of the Holder hereof at a repayment price equal to 100% of
the principal amount to be repaid, together with interest thereon payable to the
date of repayment. For this Note to be repaid in whole or in part at the option
of the Holder hereof, this Note must be received, with the form entitled "Option
to Elect Repayment" below duly completed, by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office, or such address which the Company shall from time to time notify the
Holders of the Notes, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the
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related Optional Repayment Date. Exercise of such repayment option by the Holder
hereof shall be irrevocable.
The interest rate borne by this Note shall be determined as follows:
1. If this Note is designated as a Regular Floating Rate Note
above, then, except as described below, this Note shall bear interest
at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate
Basis shown above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any,
and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any,
specified and applied in the manner described above. Commencing on the
Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period
from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date will be
the Initial Interest Rate, and (ii) unless otherwise specified above,
the interest rate in effect hereon for the 10 days immediately prior to
Maturity shall be that in effect on the tenth day preceding such
Maturity.
2. If this Note is designated as a Floating Rate/Fixed Rate
Note above, then, except as described below, this Note shall bear
interest at the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest
Rate Basis shown above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any,
and/or (ii) multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any,
specified and applied in the manner described above. Commencing on the
Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this Note is
payable shall be reset as of each Interest Reset Date specified above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period
from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall
be the Initial Interest Rate; (ii) unless otherwise specified above,
the interest rate in effect hereon for the 10 days immediately prior to
the Fixed Rate Commencement Date shall be that in effect on the tenth
day preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date; and (iii) the interest
rate in effect commencing on, and including, the Fixed Rate
Commencement Date to the Maturity shall be the Fixed Interest Rate, if
such a rate is specified above, or if no such Fixed Interest Rate is so
specified, the interest rate in effect hereon on the day immediately
preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
3. If this Note is designated as an Inverse Floating Rate Note
above, then, except as described below, this Note will bear interest
equal to the Fixed Interest Rate indicated above minus the rate
determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis shown
above (i) plus or minus the applicable Spread, if any, and/or (ii)
multiplied by the applicable Spread Multiplier, if any, specified and
applied in the manner described above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
interest rate hereon will not be less than zero percent. Commencing on
the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which interest on this
Note is payable
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shall be reset as of each Interest Rate Reset Date specified above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the interest rate in effect for the period
from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall
be the Initial Interest Rate, and (ii) unless otherwise specified
above, the interest rate in effect hereon for the 10 days immediately
prior to Maturity shall be that in effect on the tenth day preceding
such Maturity.
4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is designated
above as having an Addendum attached, the Note shall bear interest in
accordance with the terms described in such Addendum.
Except as provided above, the interest rate in effect on each day shall
be (a) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined on
the Interest Determination Date (as defined below) immediately preceding such
Interest Reset Date or (b) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the
interest rate determined on the Interest Determination Date immediately
preceding the next preceding Interest Reset Date. Each Interest Rate Basis shall
be the rate determined in accordance with the applicable provision below. If any
Interest Reset Date (which term includes the term Initial Interest Reset Date
unless the context otherwise requires) would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding
day that is a Business Day, except that if an Interest Rate Basis specified on
the face hereof is LIBOR and such next Business Day falls in the next succeeding
calendar month, such Interest Reset Date shall be the next preceding Business
Day.
Unless otherwise specified above, interest payable on this Note on any
Interest Payment Date shall be the amount of interest accrued from and including
the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been
paid (or from and including the Original Issue Date specified above, if no
interest has been paid), to but excluding the related Interest Payment Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Interest Rate Reset Period with respect to this
Note is daily or weekly, interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will
include interest accrued from and including the Original Issue Date, if no
interest has been paid, or from but excluding the last Record Date to which
interest has been paid, as the case may be, through and including the Record
Date next preceding such Interest Payment Date; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the
interest payments on Maturity will include interest accrued to but excluding
such Maturity. Unless otherwise specified above, accrued interest hereon shall
be an amount calculated by multiplying the face amount hereof by an accrued
interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be computed by adding the
interest factor calculated for each day from the date of issue or from the last
date to which interest shall have been paid or duly provided for, to the date
for which accrued interest is being calculated. Unless otherwise specified
above, the interest factor for each such day shall be computed by dividing the
interest rate applicable to such day by 360 if the Day Count Convention
specified above is "Actual/360" for the period specified thereunder
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or by the actual number of days in the year if the Day Count Convention
specified above is "Actual/Actual" for the period specified thereunder. The
interest factor for Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with
reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be calculated in each period
in the same manner as if only one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied.
Unless otherwise specified above, the "Interest Determination Date"
with respect to the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate
and the Prime Rate will be the second Business Day preceding each Interest Reset
Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to LIBOR shall be the
second London Business Day (as defined below) preceding each Interest Reset
Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate shall be the last working day of the month immediately
preceding each Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the Index (as defined below);
the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Treasury Rate will be the
day in the week in which the related Interest Reset Date falls on which day
Treasury bills (as defined below) normally would be auctioned (Treasury bills
are normally sold at auction on Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal
holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following Tuesday,
except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if, as a result of a legal holiday, an auction is held on the
Friday of the week preceding the related Interest Reset Date, the related
Interest Determination Date shall be such preceding Friday; and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that if an auction shall fall on any Interest Reset Date, then the
Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Business Day following such
auction. If the interest rate of this Note is determined with reference to two
or more Interest Rate Bases, the Interest Determination Date pertaining to this
Note will be the first Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior to
such Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis shall be
determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis shall be determined and compared on such
date, and the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest
Reset Date.
Unless otherwise specified above, the "Calculation Date" pertaining to
any Interest Determination Date will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar
day after such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a Business
Day, the next succeeding Business Day, or (ii) the Business Day preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date or date of Maturity, as the case may be. All
calculations on this Note shall be made by the Calculation Agent specified above
or such successor thereto as is duly appointed by the Company.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note will be
rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards (e.g., 9.876545% (or
.09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all dollar amounts
used in or resulting from such
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calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being
rounded upward).
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or
Sunday or any other day on which banks in The City of New York are generally
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and, if the
applicable Interest Rate Basis shown above is LIBOR, is also a London Business
Day.
As used herein, "London Business Day" means any day (a) if the Index
Currency specified above is other than the European Currency Unit ("ECU"), on
which dealings in deposits in such Index Currency are transacted in the London
interbank market or (b) if the Index Currency specified above is the ECU, that
is not designated as an ECU Non-Settlement Day by the ECU Banking Association in
Paris or otherwise generally regarded in the ECU interbank market as a day on
which payments on ECUs shall not be made.
DETERMINATION OF CD RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
the CD Rate, as indicated above, the CD Rate shall be determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determination
Date"), as the rate on such date for negotiable certificates of deposit having
the Index Maturity specified above as published by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected Interest
Rates" or any successor publication ("H.15(519)"), under the heading "CDs
(Secondary Market)", or, if not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the related Calculation Date, the rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination
Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity specified
above as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its statistical
release "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities" or any
successor publication ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Certificates
of Deposit". If such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the
Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Calculation Date,
then the CD Rate on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated
by the Calculation Agent and will be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest
one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one millionths of a
percentage point rounded upwards) of the secondary market offered rates as of
10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date of
three leading non-bank dealers in negotiable U.S. dollar certificates of deposit
in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent for negotiable
certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks in the market
for negotiable certificates of deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the
Index Maturity designated above in an amount that is representative for a single
transaction in that market at that time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth
above, the CD Rate determined on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date shall
be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date.
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DETERMINATION OF CMT RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
the CMT Rate, as indicated above, the CMT Rate shall be determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date"), as the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined
below) under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal Reserve
Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.," under the column for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the Designated CMT
Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date and
(ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer displayed on the
relevant page, or if not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in the relevant H.15(519). If such
rate is no longer published, or if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date with
respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by either the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of
the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate
formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the
relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for the CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will
be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market
closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on
the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported, according to their written
records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers
(each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City of New York (which may include the
Agent or its affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest
quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest
quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most
recently issued direct noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States
("Treasury Notes") with an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT
Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated
CMT Maturity Index minus one year. If the Calculation Agent cannot obtain three
such Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a
yield to maturity based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer
side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on the CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York
(from five such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and
eliminating the highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the
highest) and
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the lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for
Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next
highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity
closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at least $100
million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are quoting
as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic mean of
the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such quotes
will be eliminated; provided however, that if fewer than three Reference Dealers
selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as described herein, the CMT Rate
will be the CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If
two Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the third preceding
sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Designated CMT
Maturity Index, the quotes for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term
to maturity will be used.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service on the page designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement (or
any other page as may replace such page on that service for the purpose of
displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)), for the
purpose of displaying Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519). If
no such page is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the Designated
CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052, for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity
of the U.S. Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, or 30 years)
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement with respect to which the CMT
Rate will be calculated. If no such maturity is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the Designated CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is the Commercial Paper Rate, as indicated above, the Commercial Paper
Rate shall be determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date"), as the Money Market Yield
(as defined below) on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the
Index Maturity specified above as published in H.15(519), under the heading
"Commercial Paper". In the event such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be the Money Market Yield on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity
shown above as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial
Paper" (with an Index Maturity of one month or three months being deemed to be
equivalent to an Index Maturity of 30 days or 90 days, respectively). If by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date such rate is not yet
published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, then the Commercial Paper
Rate for such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date shall be as
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the
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Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one millionths of a
percentage point rounded upwards) of the offered rates at approximately 11:00
A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination
Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of New York
selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index Maturity
specified above placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or
the equivalent, from a nationally recognized securities rating agency; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate determined
on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the rate in
effect on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage
rounded upwards to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:
Money Market Yield = D X 360 x 100
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where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the interest period for which interest is being calculated.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT COST OF FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate, as indicated above, the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined on the applicable
Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date"), and shall be the rate equal to the monthly weighted
average cost of funds for the calendar month preceding such Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date as set forth under the caption
"11th District" on Telerate Page 7175 as of 11:00 A.M., San Francisco time, on
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date. If such
rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7175 on any related Eleventh District Cost
of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate for such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
shall be the monthly weighted average cost of funds paid by member institutions
of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan Bank District that was most recently announced
(the "Index") by the FHLB of San Francisco as such cost of funds for the
calendar month preceding the date of such announcement. If the FHLB of San
Francisco fails to announce such rate for the calendar month next preceding such
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, then the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate for such Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate in effect on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date.
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DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this
Note is the Federal Funds Rate, as indicated above, the Federal Funds Rate shall
be determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Federal Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date"), as the rate on that date for Federal Funds
as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)" or, if
not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation
Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, as
published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/Effective
Rate." If such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite
Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date,
the Federal Funds Rate for such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date
shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean
(rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards) of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight United States dollar Federal funds arranged by three
leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in The City of New York selected
by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time on such Federal
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the brokers
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate determined on such Federal Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such
Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
LIBOR, as indicated above, LIBOR will be determined on the applicable Interest
Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination Date"), and will be, either:
(a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified above, the arithmetic mean (rounded to the
nearest one hundred- thousandth of a percentage point, with five one millionths
of a percentage point rounded upwards) of the offered rates (unless the
specified Designated LIBOR Page by its terms provides only for a single rate, in
which case such single rate shall be used) for deposits in the Index Currency
having the Index Maturity designated above, commencing on the second London
Business Day immediately following that LIBOR Interest Determination Date, that
appear on the Designated LIBOR Page specified above as of 11:00 A.M. London
time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date, if at least two such offered
rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate is required) on such
Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified above, the rate
for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated above
commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following that LIBOR
Interest Determination Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page specified
above as of 11:00 A.M. London time, on that LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
If, as described in the immediately preceding sentence, fewer than two offered
rates appear, or no rate appears, LIBOR in respect of the related LIBOR Interest
Determination Date will be determined as if the parties had specified the rate
described in the immediately succeeding paragraph.
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With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which fewer than
two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, the
Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four
major reference banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the
Calculation Agent, to provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation
for deposits in the Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity shown
above, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such
LIBOR Interest Determination Date, to prime banks in the London interbank market
at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction
in the Index Currency in such market at such time. If at least two such
quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date shall be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one hundred-
thousandth of a percentage point, with five one millionths of a percentage point
rounded upwards) of such quotations as determined by the Calculation Agent. If
fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent as the
arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards) of the
rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M. (or such other time specified above
under "OTHER PROVISIONS") in the applicable Principal Financial Center(s), on
such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks in such Principal
Financial Center(s) selected by the Calculation Agent for loans in the Index
Currency to leading European banks having the Index Maturity specified above and
in a principal amount that is representative for a single transaction in the
Index Currency in such market at such time; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the banks
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in
this sentence, LIBOR determined on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall
be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
"Index Currency" means the currency (including composite currencies)
specified above as the currency for which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such
currency is specified above, the Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means either (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is
designated above, the display on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service for the
purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of major banks for the
applicable Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is designated above, the
display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service for the purpose of displaying the
London interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index Currency. If
neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR Telerate is specified above, LIBOR for the
applicable Index Currency will be determined as if LIBOR Reuters (and, in the
case U.S. dollars is the Index Currency, LIBO Page) had been specified.
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"Principal Financial Center" will be, unless otherwise specified above,
the following city or cities for the related Index Currency:
Principal
Financial
INDEX CURRENCY CENTER(S)
Australian Dollar Sydney
Belgian Franc Brussels
Canadian Dollar Toronto
Danish Krone Copenhagen
Deutsche Mark Frankfurt
Dutch Guilder Amsterdam
Finnish Markka Helsinki
French Franc Paris
Hong Kong Dollar Hong Kong
Italian Lira Milan
Luxembourg Franc Brussels and
Luxembourg
New Zealand Dollar Wellington and
Auckland
Norwegian Krone Oslo
Spanish Peseta Madrid
Sterling London
Swedish Krona Stockholm
Swiss Franc Zurich
U.S. Dollar New York
Yen Tokyo
DETERMINATION OF PRIME RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
the Prime Rate, as indicated above, the Prime Rate shall be determined on the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of
a percentage point, with five one millionths of a percentage point rounded
upwards) determined by the Calculation Agent of the prime rates of interest
publicly announced by three major banks in The City of New York, as selected by
the Calculation Agent, as its United States dollar prime rate or base lending
rate as in effect for that day. Each change in the prime rate or base lending
rate of any bank so announced by such bank will be effective as of the effective
date of the announcement or, if no effective date is specified, as of the date
of the announcement. If fewer than three such quotations are provided, the Prime
Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be determined as the
arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards)
determined by the Calculation Agent on the basis of the prime rates quoted in
The City of New York by three substitute banks or trust companies organized and
doing
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business under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, each having
total equity capital of at least $500 million and being subject to supervision
or examination by a Federal or state authority, selected by the Calculation
Agent to quote such rate or rates; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the banks or trust
companies selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date shall be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note
is the Treasury Rate, as specified above, the Treasury Rate shall be determined
on the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate applicable to the most recent auction of direct
obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity
specified above, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Treasury Bills--auction average (investment)" or, if not so published by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the auction average
rate (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days,
as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise announced by the
United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of the
auction of Treasury bills having the Index Maturity specified above are not
reported as provided by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date,
or if no such auction is held in a particular week, then the Treasury Rate
hereon shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to
maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366
days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean
(rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards) of the secondary market
bid rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury
Rate Interest Determination Date of three leading primary United States
government securities dealers as selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue
of Treasury bills with a remaining Maturity closest to the Index Maturity
specified above; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the dealers selected as aforesaid by
the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Treasury Rate will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date.
Any provision contained herein with respect to the determination of an
Interest Rate Basis, the specification of Interest Rate Basis, calculation of
the Interest Rate applicable to this Note, its payment dates or any other matter
relating hereto may be modified as specified in an Addendum relating hereto if
so specified above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, specified above. The Calculation Agent shall calculate
the interest rate hereon in accordance with the foregoing on or before each
Calculation Date. The interest rate
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on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by New
York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of general
application.
At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent shall
provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and, if
determined, the interest rate which shall become effective as of the next
Interest Reset Date.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected thereby at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of
the Holders of 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance
by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by,
the Holder hereof or by its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a
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like aggregate principal amount of Notes as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed, manually or in facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its corporate
seal to be imprinted hereon.
[FACSIMILE OF SEAL] J. B. HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC.
By:_____________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
Attest:
By:_________________________________
Name:____________________________
Title:___________________________
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities
of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
as Trustee
By: ________________________________ Dated: ____________________________
Authorized Officer
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to the principal amount hereof together with interest to
the repayment date, to the undersigned, at ____________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its Corporate
Trust Office, or at such other place or places of which the Company shall from
time to time notify the Holder of this Note, not more than 60 nor less than 30
days prior to an Optional Repayment Date, if any, shown on the face of this
Note, this Note with this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of $1,000) which the
Holder elects to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations
(which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of the Notes to be
issued to the Holder for the portion of this Note not being repaid (in the
absence of any such specification, one such Note will be issued for the portion
not being repaid).
$_____________________________ ________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this Option to
Date__________________________ Elect Repayment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of this Note in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
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ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.) ___________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)______________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing _____________________________________ attorney to transfer said Note
on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________________ ____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must
correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within
instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever.
Signature guaranteed:
____________________________________ _____________________________________
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the
Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM -- as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- . . . . . . Custodian . . . . . .
(Cust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(State)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties JT TEN -- as joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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